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Retrospective Active Case Finding in Cambodia: An Innovative Approach to Leprosy Control in a Low-endemic Country

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The article concludes that the RACF approach with mobile teams in Cambodia was found to be feasible and effective in detecting new leprosy patients among the contacts of previously registered patients.

Retrospective Active Case Finding in Cambodia: An Innovative Approach to Leprosy Control in a Low-endemic Country (PDF 515.48 KB)

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